Tylototriton
Tylototriton shanjing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Tylototriton
Andersson, 1871
Type species
Tylototriton verrucosus
Anderson, 1871

Tylototriton is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus.[1][2][3] Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and southern China.[2]

Species

38 species recognized as of July 2023:[4]

Phylogeny

The following phylogeny of Tylototriton is from Nishikawa, Matsui & Rao (2014).[5]

Tylototriton 
Subgenus Yaotriton 

Tylototriton panhai

Tylototriton asperrimus

Subgenus Tylototriton 

Tylototriton taliangensis

Tylototriton kweichowensis

Tylototriton verrucosus verrucosus (Nepal)

Tylototriton verrucosus verrucosus (Myanmar)

Tylototriton yangi

Tylototriton uyenoi

T. shanjing complex 

Tylototriton verrucosus pulcherrima

Tylototriton shanjing

Tylototriton verrucosus verrucosus

References

  1. ^ Max Sparreboom (2013). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Amphibian Species of the World 6.1, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ Nishikawa, Kanto; Masafumi Matsui; Tao Thien Nguyen (2013). "A new species of Tylototriton from northern Vietnam (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)". Current Herpetology. 32: 34–49. doi:10.5358/hsj.32.34. S2CID 59036508.
  4. ^ Phung, Trung My; Pham, Cuong The; Nguyen, Truong Quang; Ninh, Hoa Thi; Nguyen, Huy Quoc; Bernardes, Marta; Le, Son Thanh; Ziegler, Thomas; Nguyen, Tao Thien (2023-07-03). "Southbound – the southernmost record of Tylototriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam represents a new species". ZooKeys (1168): 193–218. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1168.96091. ISSN 1313-2970.
  5. ^ Nishikawa, Matsui & Rao, 2014 : A new species of Tylototriton (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) from central Myanmar. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, vol. 60, no. 1, p. 9–22.

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